Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] Leicas and wedding
From: "Fantoni, Ernesto" <Fantoni@PHIBRED.COM>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 03:56:09 -0600

LUGers,

at her third request, I said yes to a friend of mine asking for shooting
at her wedding on Saturday 21st February. I still don't know why, since
the last wedding I shot at was in May, 1974.
I asked for Guido "Darkness" Ridoli's help (we've became good friends
since the early times of my subscription to the LUG) and he'll be at my
side, but we feel (and are!) both rookies (albeit not for our age).
We'll both be "side" photographers, since the main one  will shoot with
Contax/Zeiss, flash, umbrellas, etc. We think to work with our M system
in available darkess (a must, being Guido with me).
This is the complete arsenal we can use:
2 M6
2 M5
1 M2
1 M3
1 M4P
1 MDA
1 M winder
1 Elmarit 21
2 Summicron 35 ASPH
1 Summicron 50 
1 Noctilux
1 Summilux 75
1 Elmarit 90 2.8
1 Summicron 90
2 LunaPro SBC with spot attachment
2 tripods + 1 monopod + Leica mini tripod
We also have:
1 Leicaflex SL with 28-50-90
1 Nikon F3+MD4 with 20 and 180 + flash SB24
In short:please give us some advice!!
This is probably going to be the wedding with the highest rate of Leicas
in the world:we don't want to fail!
Particularly we need help for:which film to use (she wants only prints,
mainly color, but B&W is allowed). We'll shoot in the church, during the
ceremony (artificial light) and outside (sunlight).
Topic moments to shoot at.
Which camera/lenses:since we have access to many bodies is this an
advantage or is it easier to get confused?
Location in the church (we think to go in the church some days before to
look at the lights and make some trial)
Any tip which can help us to "get the cake" will be apreciated.

Thanks for your patience and sorry for the long post. 

Ernesto and Guido